Ibn Tufayl
ابْن طُفَيْل
Philosopher who inspired Robinson Crusoe and the scientific method
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Tufayl was a 12th-century Andalusian philosopher and physician. His philosophical novel Hayy ibn Yaqzan — about a child raised alone by nature who discovers science and philosophy independently — influenced European Enlightenment thought and inspired Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.